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Homes calendar June 6 to 12
This weekend Home tour: Head to picturesque Merrickville for the town’s annual house and garden tour Saturday. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., check out five charming homes and three gardens. Many local...
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Denley: Teachers don't make the rules
Ottawa’s secondary school teachers don’t understand the most basic fact of the workplace. They are employees. They don’t run the system. As part of what the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation...
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Ottawa man faces sexual assault charges
Police have charged an Ottawa man with sexual assault in connection with an incident that allegedly occurred in 2008. Last November, a woman told Ottawa police that she had been assaulted in her...
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Volunteer Roundup
Volunteer postings found at www.volunteerottawa.ca Canadian Heritage: Celebrate Canada Day in Major’s Hill Park. Become a Great Canadian Chicken BBQ Assistant. You could also blow up balloons (pump...
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Ottawa Canada's second-best place to live
We’re coming for you next year, Boucherville. Ottawa has jumped up to second place in the ranking of best places to live in Canada, according to MoneySense, a personal finance and lifestyle magazine....
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Ed Sheeran a young tiger in sold-out solo Ottawa show
Don’t be misled by Ed Sheeran’s poignant love songs, sweet voice and strummy acoustic guitar. The British singer-songwriter was a tiger who tore up the stage during a solo show at Canadian Tire Centre...
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Habitat for Humanity: Worth the wait for homes of their own
Seven-year-old Hailey Slota knows precisely how she’s going to decorate her new bedroom. “I want to paint my walls striped light grey and dark grey,” she said at the recent groundbreaking for her...
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Arts best bets, June 4 to 10
Theatre Patrick Langston A solo, autobiographically rooted show by The Kids in the Hall alumnus Bruce McCulloch; a journey with the Debajehmujig Storytellers of Manitoulin Island, Ont. into the...
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Minto turns 60
Some folks celebrate birthdays with a cake and candles. Minto Communities decided to celebrate its 60th with an entire house. Since 1955, the company has become Ottawa’s biggest home builder and...
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Ottawa book events
SATURDAY, JUNE 6 Books and Biscotti with writers Licia Canton, Lucia Cascioli, Domenic Cusmano, Terri Favro, Antonino Mazza and Rene Pappone; 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Italian Canadian Historical Centre...
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Calypso park fined $100,000 on charges related to 2012 chlorine leaks
Calypso Theme Waterpark has been fined $100,000 for violating the Environmental Protection Act after excess chlorine was discharged twice into the amusement park’s wave pool in 2012 causing adverse...
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Siblings help Ottawa put best foot forward for FIFA Women's World Cup
The eyes of the world are on Ottawa this month with the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015 in our own backyard and a trio of siblings will be amongst the 300 volunteers who will help deliver a world-class...
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Police dismantle marijuana grow op
A 41-year-old man was arrested after an Ottawa police canine unit found him hiding in bushes near 172 marijuana plants by train tracks on Anderson Road early Thursday morning. Acting Staff Sgt. Ian...
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Tim Powers and Al Charron: Banning high school rugby is the wrong approach
Rowan Stringer’s death two years ago was tragic. Her life ended at 17 playing a game that by all reports she loved: rugby. A recent inquest into the circumstances surrounding her death made a number of...
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Interested in catching FIFA matches on a big screen? Good luck
Unlike other cities that have outdoor fans zones during major sporting events, the city of Ottawa is not designating a space for the public to congregate and watch the FIFA Women’s World Cup matches....
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PM unaware Senate Speaker was accused of misspending
Prime Minister Stephen Harper did not ask if Leo Housakos was targeted by the auditor general for alleged inappropriate expense claims before nominating him as Speaker of the Senate, Housakos says. And...
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Around Town: LiveWorkPlay celebrates 20 years of building an inclusive community
An important religious figure dropped into Little Italy on Thursday night, but hold the rosary beads because it wasn’t the pope. It was Rabbi Reuven Bulka. He made a special appearance at...
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Rappelling in Rope for Hope and making children's wishes come true
Make-A-Wish Eastern Ontario held its second annual Rope for Hope in Ottawa on Saturday at the Courtyard by Marriott Ottawa East. In the unique event, participants raise pledges for the chance to rappel...
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Mud Heroes jump in with both feet and come out smiling
They fell down and they got back up again, albeit with considerable effort as they slogged their way through a six-kilometre course of thick, brown soup. Mud Hero Ottawa kicked off on Saturday at...
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What to do this weekend and beyond
There’s a lot going on in Ottawa that you might not have heard about yet. All sorts of things. It’s June, after all. Sunday, June 7 The FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015 games begin in Ottawa with...
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